Evolution

Cards (37)

  • PA revolves from and a response to the need of times and the _____
    society
  • Non-western views on PA- PA as a practice could be traced back from ancient empires of ____, India, ____, Greece, Rome and ____
    China, Egypt, Mesopotamia (Caiden, 1982)
  • Non western views on PA
    PA practices also include Confucianism and _____
    Islam
  • Western PA
    What is the essay of Woodrow Wilson?
    The Study of Administration
  • Woodrow Wilson suggested that administration should be self-conscious, professional, and _____
    politics free
  • Western PA
    governance should have a proper distribution of ____
    Authority
  • Traditional PA
    The organization as a system is focusing on efficiency, reasonableness of action and the exercise of control in achieving economic goals. The assumption is there is always "One best way" in organizing production through application of systematic and scientific principles
    Classical organization theory
  • Primary concern of the classical organization theory ____

    overall structure and management of an organization and division of labor
  • Who made the concept 'Xenophon'

    Socrates
  • What does Xenophon mean?

    Man's capability to lead
  • Who is behind the division of labor concept?
    Adam Smith
  • What is the concept of division of labor?
    Significant increase in dexterity, decrease in production time, and innovations for machineries
  • In which report does Daniel McCallum highlight the division of responsibility and system of reporting?
    Superintendent's Report
  • Henry R. Towne conceptualize "The engineer as economist", to have a productive labor, aside from good executive ability, man should also have _____ ______ of the process of things that affects the economy of production and the cost of product
    practical knowledge
  • General Principles of Management
    Henry Fayol
  • He developed principles which are flexible and capable of adaption to every need
    Henry Fayol- General Principles of Management
  • What are the four principles of Scientific Management?
    1. Science
    2. Men
    3. Science and Men
    4. Division of Labor
  • Who developed the concept of bureaucracy?
    Max Weber
  • Weber believes that bureaucracy is a ___ form of government. It established hierarchy and positions with delegated tasks to overall structure of the government

    distinctive
  • According to Luther Gulick, the seven elements of the theory of Organization are:
    1. Planning
    2. Organizing
    3. Staffing
    4. Directing
    5. Coordinating
    6. Reporting
    7. Budgeting
  • Major themes in non-classical organization theory

    Organizations did not and could not exist as a self-contained islands isolated from their environments
  • What is the book of Chester Bernard?

    The function of executive
  • Chester Bernard developed the idea of _______

    The economic incentive-individuals must be induced to cooperate
  • Who is the author of Proverbs of Administration?
    Herbert A. Simon
  • He developed the science of improving decision-making through quantitative measures (Proverbs of Administration)

    Herbert A. Simon
  • He authored Foundations of the Theory of Organization
    Philip Selznick
  • Robert Merton discussed _____ in his "Bureaucratic Structure and personality

    dysfunctions of bureaucracy
  • Postulates the idea that corporations tended to satisfy rather than engage in economically rational profit-maximizing behavior
    Behavioral Theory of the Firm (Cyert & March)
  • There were no adequate structure or body of theories that could replace the _________ (Shafritz & Hyde)
    classical organization theory
  • This theory assumes that organizations exist to serve human needs, and organizations and people need each other

    Human Resource Theory/ Org Behavioral Theory-
  • Emphasizes leadership, motivation, relationship
    Human Resource Theory/ Org Behavioral Theory
  • Emerging nations trying to resurrect themselves after WW2
    Development Administration
  • DA was described as engineering ____
    Social Change (Landau)
  • Notable aspect of DA
    attempt to improve the administration (De Guzman, 1986)
  • Rejected classical theories of PA and offered new principles
    New Public Administration
  • _____ _____ has been added to the fundamental principles of PA which should be carried out and be always considered in inquiries on efficiency and effectiveness (Frederickson, 1971)
    Social Equity
  • New PA advocated ______

    Administrators should NOT be neutral. They should be committed to BOTH good management and social equity